anti-Chinese
Hostile toward Chinese
Anti-Chinese describes hostility, prejudice, or discrimination directed at Chinese people, culture, or the Chinese nation.
The term covers a range from personal bigotry to state policy: anti-Chinese immigration laws, anti-Chinese sentiment spiked during the pandemic.
It can refer to opposition to the Chinese government specifically or to ethnic prejudice more broadly—context usually clarifies which.
Active, bitter hostility
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- demonizationCasting as evil
- vilificationAbusive condemnation of someone
boycott · harassment · backlash · hate-crime · vandalism · arson · assault · intimidation
Removal of interdependence
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
Interest in Eastern aesthetics
- chinkNarrow slit or clink
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- demonizationCasting as evil
vilification · boycott · harassment · backlash · hate-crime · vandalism · arson · assault · intimidation · riot
coolie
Colonial-era Asian laborer
- yellowfaceStereotyped Asian portrayal
decoupling
Removal of interdependence
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- tariffsTaxes on imports
orientalism
Interest in Eastern aesthetics
- chinkNarrow slit or clink
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
anti-Chinesetolerant
Accepting of differences
accepting · inclusive · multicultural · cosmopolitan · unprejudiced